Wedding Reception - Guest Tables
Adding special touches to the guests' tables will contribute to the memories of your wedding reception. Their tables at the reception will be one of the outstanding images your guests will cherish and remember after your wedding day.
Your guests will remember the people they sat with and shared pleasure, gossip, and laughter; they will remember the table settings, the food, the linens, the chairs, and the centerpiece; and they will remember the photos taken while they sat at the table, listening to the toasts. These photos, too, will remind them for years to come what that table looked like in that fortunate day.
For success with the guest tables, do not hurry with the floor plan of the reception room. First, arrange the guest tables on a small scale on paper, taking into account the view from each table. Do not forget that each guest will need to witness the cutting of the cake, the first dance, and the head table for the bride and the groom.
The shape of the tables is important, also. Long tables may look impressive, but the round tables work best for guests for ease of conversation. In addition, an extra chair can always be added more easily to a round-shaped table, should you have extra guests at the last minute.
If your reception will be banquet style, then the reception tables look their best with floor-length table covers topped with lace or sheer smaller covers. If your wedding theme is classic and your color is white, bone, or muted, you can go white on white; otherwise, making the top cover in your chosen color will add cheerfulness to the celebration.
Since candles on the guest tables add a romantic look, should you wish to include them in or around the centerpiece, make sure they are enclosed in clear non-breakable glass casings to avoid fires if they are knocked down by mistake. For short cocktail receptions, votive candles will do just fine, but for dinner or luncheon, wide pillar or tall taper candles may be needed since they will last longer. To add to the sparkle of the candles, you may wish to arrange small mirrors around them.
The centerpiece of the table should reflect the theme of your wedding. For example, if it is a seaside theme, dolphin statuettes, shells, and other things found on the beach can make spectacular centerpieces. If the centerpiece will be a floral arrangement, make sure your florist understands that the centerpiece should not be too tall to block the view of the other side of the table, the head table, or the dance floor.
Then, have the wedding favors at hand when the tables are set. Making sure there are enough favors for all guests, place them on the table, one in front of each guest's chair. Each wedding favor should have the names of the bride and the groom, the date of the wedding, and maybe a welcome message to the guest. When choosing favors, try to make them pleasant and inoffensive for all age groups.
Your wedding should be as you wish it to be. Your guests' tables, too, should reflect what you love.
By: Joy Cagil
Your guests will remember the people they sat with and shared pleasure, gossip, and laughter; they will remember the table settings, the food, the linens, the chairs, and the centerpiece; and they will remember the photos taken while they sat at the table, listening to the toasts. These photos, too, will remind them for years to come what that table looked like in that fortunate day.
For success with the guest tables, do not hurry with the floor plan of the reception room. First, arrange the guest tables on a small scale on paper, taking into account the view from each table. Do not forget that each guest will need to witness the cutting of the cake, the first dance, and the head table for the bride and the groom.
The shape of the tables is important, also. Long tables may look impressive, but the round tables work best for guests for ease of conversation. In addition, an extra chair can always be added more easily to a round-shaped table, should you have extra guests at the last minute.
If your reception will be banquet style, then the reception tables look their best with floor-length table covers topped with lace or sheer smaller covers. If your wedding theme is classic and your color is white, bone, or muted, you can go white on white; otherwise, making the top cover in your chosen color will add cheerfulness to the celebration.
Since candles on the guest tables add a romantic look, should you wish to include them in or around the centerpiece, make sure they are enclosed in clear non-breakable glass casings to avoid fires if they are knocked down by mistake. For short cocktail receptions, votive candles will do just fine, but for dinner or luncheon, wide pillar or tall taper candles may be needed since they will last longer. To add to the sparkle of the candles, you may wish to arrange small mirrors around them.
The centerpiece of the table should reflect the theme of your wedding. For example, if it is a seaside theme, dolphin statuettes, shells, and other things found on the beach can make spectacular centerpieces. If the centerpiece will be a floral arrangement, make sure your florist understands that the centerpiece should not be too tall to block the view of the other side of the table, the head table, or the dance floor.
Then, have the wedding favors at hand when the tables are set. Making sure there are enough favors for all guests, place them on the table, one in front of each guest's chair. Each wedding favor should have the names of the bride and the groom, the date of the wedding, and maybe a welcome message to the guest. When choosing favors, try to make them pleasant and inoffensive for all age groups.
Your wedding should be as you wish it to be. Your guests' tables, too, should reflect what you love.
By: Joy Cagil
Labels: Wedding-Planning
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